What do you say when you get this stall while prospecting?

If you’re like many sales reps, you accept it and become a willing participant in the follow up chase that ensues.

And you know how frustrating that is.

Let’s face it: This blow off is just a variation that prospects have been using for years. It used to be: “Can you send me something in the mail?” or “Just send me a brochure,” etc. Then email started and guess what? A new stall was born.

So, what’s the best way of handling it?

The first thing you want to do is find out whether it is a blow off (80% of the time it is), or whether your prospect is truly interested in what you have and wants to know more before they speak with you.

There is an easy way to find out:

Have an email already prepared while you’re prospecting.

If someone tells you to email them something, simply ask them what their email address is and then send it!

Right then!

Simply say:

“Okay, I’ve just sent it to you. Let me know when it pops up, and I’ll show you a couple of links you’ll want to explore later.

“In the meantime, let me ask you…”

And then ask a qualifying question. The point here is whether or not your prospect will:

1. Give you the time to speak further with them. (If not, they may be busy and that’s OK—schedule a time to speak later that same day!)
2. Open the email. (This tells you your prospect has time now and has an interest).
3. Blow you off with another objection. (This is actually great because it tells you that you won’t need to follow up on the email—they weren’t really interested to begin with).
4. Allow you to set a definite follow up appointment. (Which is fine—and at least you know they got your email! And remember: Go for a time later that same day!)

Any of these responses will get you a lot further—and give you the intel you need as to how to pursue this lead—than sending an email after you hang up and then then begin the cat and mouse game.

Try it this week, and watch your leads get more qualified as you put less “wood” into your pipeline.

And then watch as more deals roll out of it!

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• Reps struggling with call reluctance
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• Identifying decision makers
• Qualifying prospects
• Setting call back appointments that stick
• Giving successful presentations and dealing with objections
• Staying motivated

Want to make dealing with objections easier?

Then remember to always use the powerful technique of isolating the objection instead of answering it…

I can’t tell you how many recordings I listen to each week where sales reps are still struggling to deal with objections because they insist on trying to overcome them.

It’s a lot of work.

Not only that, but after you’ve given your response, have you ever found that your prospect just comes up with another objection?

Example: Your prospect says that it costs too much.

You then say that you can drop the price. (A bad answer in and of itself, but not the subject of this blog post.)

Your prospect then says that they have to talk to their boss…

You see how this goes.

If you want to stop working so hard, and if you want to know what the real objection is, then isolate the objection instead of trying to overcome it!

Here’s how:

Prospect says, “It costs too much.”

You reply with, “I understand. Let me ask you this: If the price was more in alignment with what you wanted to pay, is this something you would take advantage of?”

Simple.

Your prospect then either says “yes,” and now you can negotiate price, or, they say, “well, I have to talk to…” and you now know that price isn’t the objection at all.

Another example of isolating the price objection:

Prospect says, “It costs too much.”

You reply with, “In addition to cost, what else is making you hesitate today?”

You get the idea.

The bottom line here is that you want to know what else is stopping your prospect from moving forward. 

And you want to do this before you go charging off and chasing their “smokescreen” objection.

One last thing: You may have heard of this technique before, but when was the last time you used it?

If your answer is “not recently,” then pull yourself together, and start using this each and every time you get an objection.

You’ll be amazed at how much more successful you are at closing sales.

And how much easier it is as well.

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Unlimited License: One to 100 reps can attend for one low price!

Perfect for reps dealing with the following issues:

• Reps struggling with call reluctance
• Getting screened out by the gatekeeper
• Overcoming blow off objections like, “Just email me something”
• Identifying decision makers
• Qualifying prospects
• Setting call back appointments that stick
• Giving successful presentations and dealing with objections
• Staying motivated